China has 10 years left?

[YoDoug]

yes.. for 3 generations China had a 1 child only policy AND gender selective abortions

the result was 3 generations of girls were never born.

Today the ratio of breeding age females to males is about 1 to 20 and the population is not breeding fast enough
to sustain itself.

Rich Chinese are buying brides from South East Asia but this comes with the stigma of racial purity which is a big thing in China.

Poor Chinese men are doomed as far as marrying and having a family, because there are no females for them to marry.

All this is the aftermath of the early end of the world crap they were preaching when I was in college in the early 70's. They're still preaching the same crap today, just a different tune.

Do you agree though that they are in economic dire straits because of this imbalance? A lot of experts are sounding the alarm over this. There are way too many billionaires in the world that got rich and stay rich because of China. They will destroy America (middle class) before they let China fail and take their fortune with them.

[gcode]

Do you agree though that they are in economic dire straits because of this imbalance?

yes... Japan is in even worse shape
The birthrate is in an unsustainable decline.
There are no young people to take over jobs left by people retiring, and no one to take
care of an aging population. It's a real mess, and it's only going to get worse.

[beej]

In China there is no such thing as a brother, sister, aunt, uncle, or cousin.

Japan's economy has been in a long decline, with massive borrowing to try and prop up the pension system. Remember when it looked like they were going to overtake the US economy?

Japan's debt to GDP ratio is 266% Vs the US which is 128%

China is at 295% and that's just an estimate because you never really know with China.